Bird has also announced that he will tour Latin America from February 17-28, but not in the usual way. The tour is being crowd-funded via a contest on Songkick. Fans in 12 different cities in nine countries can pledge money towards a concert in their area, and Bird will play the six cities that first reach 250 pledges. (The winning pledges are converted to tickets.)

In December, Bird will also do a string of solo Gezelligheid (read: "cozy," in Dutch) performances, at churches in New York and his native Chicago. These will "concentrate on instrumental violin pieces amplified only by Bird’s signature giant Victrola horns," according to a press release. Bird said he hopes to "adapt my music completely to the atmosphere of the space and the season."